PGA’s vision is to contribute to the creation of a Rules-Based International Order for a more equitable, safe, sustainable and democratic world.
PGA’s vision is to contribute to the creation of a Rules-Based International Order for a more equitable, safe, sustainable and democratic world.
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Since 2011, PGA has been working in Guinea, promoting the fight against impunity notably through the domestic implementation of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Guinea-Bissau signed the Rome Statute on 12 September 2000 but it has not yet been ratified.
PGA started monitoring the gradually increasing interest in Papua New Guinea (PNG) towards becoming a State party to the Rome Statute of the ICC since 2011.
President of the International Criminal Court, Judge Piotr Hofmański, held productive talks with Government authorities and political leaders to pave the way forward towards the ratification of the Rome Statute by Guinea- Bissau.
Parliamentarians for Global Action firmly condemns the failed coup d’état in Bissau and expresses its heartfelt condolences to the families of the defenders of democracy who gave their lives in resisting to the violent attackers.
PGA co-organised with its National Group in Nigeria, a Workshop on the Fight Against Impunity for Mass Atrocities under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and promotion of the Rule of Law
On 3 and 4 July 2019, the National Assembly of the Gambia hosted over 40 participants, representing more than 15 African States, to participate in the Working Group on the Fight against Impunity in Africa.
On 31 May 2019, more than 40 members of parliament, government representatives, and senior diplomats convened at a strategic high-level event in Vanuatu, to promote the advancement of international criminal justice in the Pacific Islands region.
Papua New Guinea is abolitionist in practice since 1950: although it retains the death penalty in law, no execution has taken place since 1954.
From 5 to 12 December 2018, delegations from States Parties, observer States, international and regional organizations, and civil society gathered at the World Forum in The Hague, Netherlands, for the 17th Session of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP).
The Workshop also focused on Promoting More Effective Participation of Women Parliamentarians in Defense / Security / Development Committees.
This seminar was supported by the Government of Canada and organized by the PGA National Group in the Guinea-Bissau National Assembly.
PGA Congratulates Government of Guinea Bissau on becoming 99th State Party to the Arms Trade Treaty on 22nd October, 2018
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | September 17-18th: The Workshop brought together legislaters in the African region to discuss and review the Biological & Toxin Weapon Convention (BTWC).
Promoting Greater and More Effective Participation by Women MPs in Parliamentary Defence, Security and Interior Committees.
The First Report to UN Security Council Committee 1540 was published in September 2018.
PGA wishes to congratulate the National Assembly of The Republic of Guinea Bissau, following its ratification of the Arms Trade Treaty on July 2nd, 2018.
Guinea has become abolitionist after the adoption on 4 July 2016 by the Parliament of a law reforming the Criminal Code and removing the death penalty from sentences available to judges.
PGA expresses its concern that the prerogatives of a sitting Parliamentarian may have been violated while he was exercising his right to express opinions and dissent.
PGA welcomes the Joint Statement of President Donald J. Trump of the United States of America and Chairman Kim Jong Un of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) issued earlier today at the Singapore Summit.
On June 8, PGA Board members met for the first time with the United Nations LGBTI Core Group.
Parliamentarians from West and Central Africa shared their experiences and discussed the future of the abolitionist movement in the region.
On April 26-27, 2018, PGA’s Peace & Democracy Program organized in Samoa a Regional Parliamentary Workshop on Improving Compliance with the UN Program of Action Addressing The Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons...
PGA is deeply concerned over the continuous political and institutional crisis in Guinea Bissau.
"Milan Forum for Action in Preventing Violent Extremism and Mass Atrocities: The Role of Parliamentarians". Palazzo Isimbardi, Milan, Italy.
Dep. Suzi Barbosa, Coordinator of the Committee of Women Parliamentarians of Guinea-Bissau, said that the Guinean parliament is committed to increasing women political participation in the country.
The Workshop brought together several prominent Legislators and Government officials for a two day period to discuss and review the Biological & Toxin Weapon Convention (BTWC).
The global membership of PGA has recently embraced and supported the political and constitutional developments that led Guinea Bissau to become a multi-party parliamentary democracy under the Rule of Law.
PGA members attended a workshop on the abollition of the death penalty, held on 19 and 20 December 2016 in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso).
On 9 and 10 December 2016, on the occasion of International Human Rights Day, the National Assembly of Senegal hosted the 9th Consultative Assembly of Parliamentarians for the International Criminal Court and the Rule of Law (CAP - ICC).
Dakar, Senegal, 9-10 December, 2016. Parliamentarians of the world unite their voice in support of the ICC.
The Working Group on the fight against impunity in Francophone African countries held its second meeting on 10 and 11 November 2016, in Lomé (Togo).
News broke today that the Government of South Africa has notified the United Nations Secretary General of its intention to withdraw from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
PGA organized a Lusophone States Workshop to Promote Ratification and Implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty, in close cooperation with, and kindly hosted by, the National Assembly of Cape Verde in Praia from 18-19 July, 2016.
PGA side-event to the 6th World Congress against the Death Penalty
PGA welcomes the adoption in Conakry on 4 July 2016 of the law reforming the Criminal Code and the Criminal Procedural Code.
19 April 2016 marked the Official Opening of the ICC Permanent Premises, hosted by the ICC President, Judge Silvia Fernández, and H.E. Mr Sidiki Kaba, President of the Assembly of States Parties.
PGA convened a Regional Africa Parliamentary Workshop on Addressing the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, from April 2-3, 2016.
On Friday 23 October 2015, PGA participated at the Launch of the Code of Conduct regarding Security Council action against genocide, crimes against humanity, or war crimes at United Nations Headquarters in New York.
Hon. Aide Ganasi MP participated in PGA ATT Workshop in Tonga from 18-19 May, 2015
The Working Group on the fight against impunity in Francophone African countries met for its 1th session under the gracious auspices of the National Assembly of Côte d’Ivoire in Abidjan on 31 January and 1 February 2014.
PGA held a Joint Session on the Arms Trade Treaty in the Pan-African Parliament from 17-18, October, 2013.
Hosted by the Legislature of Liberia, under the leadership of Senator Franklin Siakor in collaboration with PGA, parliamentarians from Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Sierra Leone and Ireland gathered at this regional PGA Roundtable to di
With the ratification of the Rome Statute by the Czech Republic in July 2009, every Member State of the EU is now a State Party to the ICC.
On 5 February 2002, Minister of State and Foreign Affairs, Mr. Jaime Gama, deposited Portugal’s instrument of ratification at UN Headquarters, making Portugal the 51st country to ratify the Rome Statute for the International Criminal Court (ICC)
The President of the Parliament of Portugal, Dr. Antonio de Almeida Santos, opened the “Conference on ICC Ratification in Lusophone countries” on Monday, 19 February 2001 in the Senate Hall of the Congress in Lisbon.
Workshop for Parliamentarians and NGO Leaders from Burkina Faso, Senegal, Mali, Guinea, to discuss the sexual and reproductive health model law
